im not a swiftie until Mine is playing, then all bets are off

absolutely losing my mind at all the typos in the Epstein files

austin tx is buying fairy lights like there‘s bout to be a shortage

On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future. I hope you will too.

Cuomo Announces Plan To Govern New York City As Independent https://theonion.com/cuomo-announces-plan-to-govern-new-york-city-as-independent/

Guy Excited About Party Studying Up On History Of Parties https://theonion.com/guy-excited-about-party-studying-up-on-history-of-parti-1819571895/

some of yall: I would NEVER vote for someone willing to be a politician…..

had an amazing podcast idea. yet again. thank god I dont have a recording studio

not to be that girl but I do think 10 mins in nature has fixed my soul and life completely

who wants 2 pay me 2 write about the coco fusco retrospective in nyc

I hope people realize I’m an equal opportunity mispronouncer, I don’t know how to pronounce anyone’s name

It's official: MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND has a cover! I love how the yellow feels like a run over hazard sign, and the mixtape is perhaps my personal 90s icon. As for those sexy statues? You'll have to read it to find out...

this place feels like old skool twitter in that no one can hear me as i project my deepest truest dumbest thoughts into the void

I respect Ezra Klein but i think he wants to us to intellectualize ourselves out of violence

Diet Pepsi by Addison Rae playing at the Indonesian restaurant in Queens… nyc is so back baby

unbreak my heart, Latin gay club version…. now that’s high art

My forthcoming book A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA has a home! I am thrilled to be publishing with BASIC BOOKS and the supremely brilliant @rubenwrites.bsky.social and can’t wait to share with the world soon! Vamos!!!!!

there is a competition taking place in NYC and it’s called Who Can Wear The Smallest Glasses

mo'nique winning the oscar for best supporting actress is pop culture history

Pedro Pascal: Ooooh Wanna Kiss Kiss Kiss! Mwah Mwah! Smoochie Smoochie!

& again I ask the eternal question: why does the raising canes in Times Square have a DJ

Ditmas Lit is on Wed. 7/23 at The Urbane Arts Club! We’re excited to welcome Belle Ling, Heather McCalden, @rubenwrites.bsky.social & Anthony Thomas Lombardi! RSVP here: www.urbanebrooklyn.com/event-detail...

#ArchiveofUnknownUniverses by @RubenWrites is featured in yesterday's #newbooks wrap on youtube! watch here: youtu.be/AtQmgO83bog buy the books here: bookshop.org/lists/n...#ArchiveofUnknownUniverses#newbooksll links in bio!

I reviewed @rubenwrites.bsky.social's magnificent debut novel, "Archive of Unknown Universes," where he sends his characters on an adventure through a quasi-multiverse to explore alternate outcomes of El Salvador’s 1972-92 civil war.

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment 🧵 #Booksky

Look what I found while searching for books to add to my queer books of 2025 list. This sounds amazing. It came out yesterday. 🌈📚 💙📚 www.harpercollins.com/products/arc...

Pre-order just arrived - can’t wait to dive in to ARCHIVE OF UNKNOWN UNIVERSES by @rubenwrites.bsky.social

if we're playing up anecdotes (like these moral-panicky essays are) -- A LOT of books I see brought to acquisition are written by white men, followed very closely by white women. i'm working in nonfiction, but i think white men are ok :)

Mike Bloomberg can kick rocks

You can read Ruben's stories from @bombmag.bsky.social's Summer 2024 issue here: bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

Congratulations to @rubenwrites.bsky.social‬, whose brilliant "Alternate Histories of El Salvador or Perhaps the World" will be featured in the next Best Small Fictions from @altcurrent.bsky.social! 👏👏👏

There is something so beautiful about a strawberry

I love when all the art in a gallery is bad… it is so inspiring to me ❤️

me & my girls are soooo locked in to… the conclave

in my LeAnn Rimes era

the family values party! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

need 2 b severed sooo bad

ICYMI: I wrote about the wrongful deportation of Abrego Garcia slate.com/news-and-pol...

lots of talk of El Salvador in the news but not enough context because... there is so little published about the country that isn't about gangs! come onnn

I owe my life to the halal cart outside my office

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man

deep cut lady gaga at the vegas airport...this is a sign

please don’t make me learn who The Dare is

I wrote this review of an excellent novel for the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...

should i buy stocks rn?

not to be rude but I hope Katy Perry stays in outer space

when an academic is also hot… that should be illegal

FIRST FICTION There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by @rubenwrites.bsky.social @marinerbooks.bsky.social Your Presence is Mandatory by @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Beautiful Days by Zach Williams @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

For Slate, I wrote about the deportations to El Salvador and how Bukele is selling out the country slate.com/news-and-pol...

🚨 In the midst of a court fight over the Trump Admin’s flouting of a federal judge’s order to halt deportations to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, the government deports MORE people there, claiming defiantly & w/o evidence that the procedure was different. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...